The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, wooed investors from Sweden and Rwanda, to invest in the territory’s tourism sector and environmental management.
Wike expressed the FCT Administration’s readiness for t…
Favour, a 12-year-old primary five student, solemnly observed as mourners streamed into their home to offer condolences to her father for the loss of her 28-year-old mother, Rebeccah.
Amidst the sorrow, Favour’s thoughts drifted to the haunting memor…
Mr Christopher Ugbebor, a software engineer, has commended the Federal Government over the suspension of the proposed cybersecurity levy, saying it showed that government was responsive to public concerns.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NA…
The Commandant, National Defence College (NDC), Rear Adm. Olumuyiwa Olotu, says that balanced gender representation can significantly improve operational outcomes in the security sector.
Olotu, who was represented by College Secretary, AVM Titus Daud…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reconstituted the National Blockchain Policy Steering Committee (NBP-SC) to validate trends in blockchain technology and incorporate new stakeholders for inclusive adoption and impleme…
ECOWAS unveiled on Wednesday, the West African Competitiveness Observatory (WACOB), an online platform, to facilitate regional trade and stimulate economic growth across the sub-region.
President of the ECOWAS Commission Dr Omar Touray who unveiled t…
Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, the Director-General, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), has called for adequate support for biotechnology to facilitate speedy economic recovery and development in the country.
Mustapha told the…
Adoption of mobile money systems started in the mid-2000s with the Philippines, Kenya and Tanzania being among the first to do it.
The first mobile money system was launched in the Philippines in 2001.
In 2007, Kenya launched M PESA, which represen…
Chief Isiaka Ogundare, Apena of Lagos, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to begin to support African traditional religion, just as it had always extended support to Islam and Christianity.
Ogundare, in commemoration of the World Culture Day, sa…
The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE) has called on the Federal Government to complement security interventions aimed at rebuilding trust with communities in the South-East for peace and development.
Nike Babalola, Head, Commun…
Leaders and representatives of various guilds and associations in the Nigerian film industry have pledged their support for the campaign against smoking and consumption of harmful substances in Nollywood films.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report…
The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday, decried the continued infrastructural decay, poor funding and proliferation of universities in Nigeria.
Prof. Monday Igbafen, Zonal Coordinator, Benin Zone of ASUU, expre…
The Federal Government has approved the extension of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC)’s Regulatory Reform Accelerator Action Plan by 30 days.
Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser to the President on PEBEC and Investment, m…
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Malam Mohammed Isa, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Special Needs and Equal Opportunities, has lauded the translation of the Disability Laws into Sign and local languages.
Isa gave the commendation on Tuesday in Abuja at the unve…